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machinery from the end of the railroad to their distribution points. " ARVIN STODDARD HOMESTEADED TOWNSITE Arvin M. Stoddard, Milford's first settler, was one of the original pioneers, coming to Utah in 1847 with his three brothers, Sheldon, Albert and Rufus. They tarried in Utah a while, then joined the '49ers gold rush to California. Later the four brothers returned to Utah, with Rufus settling in the Beaver Bottoms, Albert taking up land in Minersville, and Sheldon returning to California to make his home. Arvin took up a homestead in what, is now Milford. The original land grant, made in 1880 by President Rutherford B. Hays, comprised 160 acres. It was later cut up into lots and sold to early-day Milford residents. Mr. Stoddard presented the town with the site of the present Milford Cemetery. His wife, Caroline, died in 1905, and Arvin died in 1914 at the age of 89, and was buried in the Milford Cemetery. EARLY-DAY LANDMARKS DESCRIBED Charles Hollis, in describing the business district of early-day Milford, says that when he first came to Milford in 1892, Mike Monahan was one of the oldest residents here and owned the lot that now belongs to the Tri-State Lumber Company. He had a saloon on the southwest corner, the rest of the lot being a large feed yard run by Dick Catlin, who had a home in the northwest corner. Mr. Monahan later sold this property to Ed Sawyer, who made some improvements on it and ran a store business for some time. On the next block was the Tanner Barn, which later burned, and Jacob T. Tanner had a store on the corner where the Jefferson Mercantile Company now stands.

machinery from the end of the railroad to their distribution points. " ARVIN STODDARD HOMESTEADED TOWNSITE Arvin M. Stoddard, Milford's first settler, was one of the original pioneers, coming to Utah in 1847 with his three brothers, Sheldon, Albert and Rufus. They tarried in Utah a while, then joined the '49ers gold rush to California. Later the four brothers returned to Utah, with Rufus settling in the Beaver Bottoms, Albert taking up land in Minersville, and Sheldon returning to California to make his home. Arvin took up a homestead in what, is now Milford. The original land grant, made in 1880 by President Rutherford B. Hays, comprised 160 acres. It was later cut up into lots and sold to early-day Milford residents. Mr. Stoddard presented the town with the site of the present Milford Cemetery. His wife, Caroline, died in 1905, and Arvin died in 1914 at the age of 89, and was buried in the Milford Cemetery. EARLY-DAY LANDMARKS DESCRIBED Charles Hollis, in describing the business district of early-day Milford, says that when he first came to Milford in 1892, Mike Monahan was one of the oldest residents here and owned the lot that now belongs to the Tri-State Lumber Company. He had a saloon on the southwest corner, the rest of the lot being a large feed yard run by Dick Catlin, who had a home in the northwest corner. Mr. Monahan later sold this property to Ed Sawyer, who made some improvements on it and ran a store business for some time. On the next block was the Tanner Barn, which later burned, and Jacob T. Tanner had a store on the corner where the Jefferson Mercantile Company now stands.